William Friedkin: “In the ’70s, if you had a flop, the attitude was, ‘That’s too bad, but it was a good picture.’ Then it became, if you made a film that was not a hit, they put you under indictment. You were a fuckin’ criminal.”
Jennifer Jones working on 1955's Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden. Director Henry King also directed 12 O'clock High with Gregory Peck, that's a great one.
Comedy legend Harry Langdon said ”There are few more tragic businesses in the world than the making of funny pictures.” Here he is with film noir queen Marie Windsor, at Hal Roach Studios, working on 1941's All-American Co-Ed. 15 years later, Marie Windsor gave a stunning, unforgettable performance as Sherry in The Killing, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The June 17 1973 Globe and Mail, reviewing Toronto performances by David Bowie, The New York Dolls, and KISS, the Kings of the Night Time World. "KISS, on the other hand, are a totally plastic band. It doesn't matter that the players' makeup hides their faces because they are only marionettes anyway." No KISS Army badge for THAT guy!
GRAHAM GREENE: There lay the horror and the fascination. And so faith came to me,-- shapelessly, without dogma, a presence above a croquet lawn..I began to believe in Heaven because I believed in Hell, but for a long while it was only Hell I could picture with a certain intimacy.